Before and After - Post Examples of Your Improvement!

[Rebeccak]

Your post should look something like this format wise (no you don't need a gradient or a stroke ;)):

Before:

http://anatomy.cgnetworks.com/Misc/Before-and-After_Before.jpg

After:


http://anatomy.cgnetworks.com/Misc/Before-and-After_After.jpg

You can find a link to my Sketchbook here. [add link]

[razz]

Interesting idea, Rebecca :)

Ok, I don't really have a pic from when I wasn't practising art seriously, because I wasn't practising seriously, hehe. I decided to choose to show paintings here.
The BEFORE pic is from my very first sketchbook, which I had about 8 months back. The AFTER was done for the OFDW20.
So the time between these two studies is 8 months.

BEFORE

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/906/suckieob5.jpg

AFTER

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/5959/ofdw20finmf8.jpg

My sketchbook thread is in my signature if someone gets interested :)

Looking forward to see others' pieces!!

[T-Scholes]

Razz: That doesn't count :P They are both great.

Hmm, can only post one? But I have so many old crummy paintings I'm not proud of :\

This one is from Dec. 5 2003 Conceptart.org DSG: Alien Arena or something. Oldest painting of mine that still survives. Done with a mouse... haha.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/Ragnarok27/DSG-dec5.jpg

Recent? Man I dunno, I never finish much - all sketches most of the time, how about this sketch then?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/Ragnarok27/Sketchbook/landscape2psd2.jpg

[Rebeccak]

Haha, I agree with Tom - razz, you have to post stuff that sucks in order for us to compare. :p

Tom, lol, great to see your incredible improvement! Your "Before" picture is only barely matched by mine, however. Bear witness to the badness! :D

Speaking of stuff that reeks of badness, here is a blast from the past, from OFDW 004 (my sincere apologies to Zhuzhu, whose image I butchered here - BEFORE, Sept. 2005:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b380/rebeccak5/OFDW%20004/my-version_5.jpg

AFTER 1 - One of my Thesis images from Dec. 2006 (actually the piece is meant to be seen horizontally):

http://anatomy.cgnetworks.com/Anatomy%20Thread%20of%20Rebecca%20Kimmel/Thesis-Image.jpg

AFTER 2 - Dec. 2006 / Jan. 2007 - WIP for OFDW 020:

http://www.rebeccakimmel.com/gallery/albums/Digital/DigWIP_OFDW-020_CGP-New_S.jpg

Erm, if I can improve, anyone can. :p

[T-Scholes]

Still not bad! :P A little blurry but it's all there.
Haha, you so edited your original post so you could post two after images.

[Rebeccak]

Still not bad! :P A little blurry but it's all there.
Haha, you so edited your original post so you could post two after images.
Ha, no, the original post said that you could post 2 after images. Feel free to add another "After" image to your post! :)

[razz]

Well ok, you two, I'll change the before image. I just wanted them to be a full body painting to a full body painting. And what an improvement from you two. I mean yeah, few years passed between yours before and after images, but still, great to see the big step forward.
Oh, Rebecca, did you really paint that? Haha :D Poor Zhuzhu. Joking of course :thumbsup:
Tom, amazing. So pleasent to see the 'after' environment after seeing the before one :D

[SylvanMist]

Oh I always love to see before & after stuff :)

I hope it's ok for me to post here too..cause I'm kinda new to this forum. But this past fall I really started to get more serious about improving my drawing/painting skills and just altogether learn more about how to draw, illustration, etc. I've made a commitment to finally just do it and stop thinking about wanting to do it!

So here are some before/after pics of the NPC portraits project I have been working on.

The Before images were done in 2003. After with photos were done in late 2005 & 2006, and the After with no refs done this past December up until now:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v59/fflewddar/portraits_beforeafter.jpg

[aggie93]

OK Here is my before and after. I am still learning a lot. I am looking to get a wacom now. I am using Painter 9.5 on the Gateway tablet PC. I got this in August of 2006, so here is 5 month's of partial practice with my regular everyday work.

August 2006:
http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/7453/munchmadonna007ct3.jpg

November 2006:
http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/6813/psycheecstasyjb2.jpg

End of December 2006:
http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/5619/back003jq8.jpg

[Rebeccak]

Roja,

Definitely an improvement! Thanks for posting! :)

Aggie,

WOW - hadn't seen this last piece of yours. Keep going buddy! Tremendous improvement here. :)

razz,

Yeah, you still have to post something that sucks. :p

[aggie93]

:)

Aggie,

WOW - hadn't seen this last piece of yours. Keep going buddy! Tremendous improvement here. :)

Thanks Rebecca, I think that is my style now. I would like a little more realistic approach though! I am working on a commission piece now and I am ready to attempt the anatomy class you are starting.

[razz]

Rebecca, oh c'mon :D That's one of my first digital paintings!

[Mu]

razz, man... it's been said before, but really... the first one ought to be crappy...

crappy!

let me spell it out to you...

like this: (:D )


crap study from hell from OFDW07
(somewhere very late 2005)
(yes, with reference)
(oh yes, I did my very best)
http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/1500/workshop007pic41rn.jpg


just finished my self portrait today....:
(mirror reference)

http://www.muratkayi.de/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/sp_final0001_lofi.jpg

[Rebeccak]

That is awesome progress Murat! Truly a big achievement. Congratulations. :)

Time to set some new goals for that next step on the ladder. :)

[Mu]

Hi Rebecca,

Let me say it again, in public:
especially you (and some of the other helpers and teachers in this forum, Hi Glenn :) ) will always hold a special place in my heart for showing me the way (and for sometimes rubbing my face in the dirt quotedidyouusereferenceunquote)

Hmmm, next step will be just another Ryder-istically pimped drawing, preferrably not of myself. To be honest, it's been quite a journey into myself, staring at the mirror for hours and I'd actually rather look at a naked woman for hours next time...:scream:

[FateBringer]

c'mon Razz make it hurt :scream:

I did a little digging and found my first attempt at portrait painting
it's from a book called "How to Paint Skin Tones" by James Horton
from sometime in 97
http://home.comcast.net/%7Efatebringer/firstpaintedportrait.jpg


And from OFDW20 Jan 07

http://home.comcast.net/%7Efatebringer/OFDW20S600pix.jpg

Mark

[Mu]

wow, FateBringer,

holy donnerknispel, now that is a breathtaking progress!

[Rebeccak]

Seriously impressive stuff Mark. :) Congrats!!! :thumbsup:

Mu, thank you. :)

[Intervain]

OMG razz - are you kiddin' me?! where's the suckey?!

FateBringer - now that's a gianormous leap forward! I salute you :bowdown:

Mu - great improvement too - yeah references [repeat the mantra!]

Rebbecak - Wow you have improved enormously, not that the first one sucked either :p

ok - me next I guess...

July 2006

total flatness... I'm actually hurting :argh: at the thought of having so disfigured the work of my fav artist

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v90/Intervain/myGRAPHICS/head_64.jpg





January 2007

a bit more shape and substance ...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v90/Intervain/myGRAPHICS/copy_2_final1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v90/Intervain/myGRAPHICS/princess.jpg

[Rebeccak]

Great post Intervain! :thumbsup:

[Zephyri]

Great idea for a thread, I always find it inspiring to see how good people get with a bit of practice and application. Well, if you're looking for extreme examples of improvement, then look no further. And the last image in these three really wouldn't have been possible without the great work I've done as part of this forum, it's the first place I point people when they ask how I keep improving.

Okay, here's BEFORE, around about '99, 2000 All from the first sketchbook i bought at the age of 18.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/xephyri/2000.jpg

About three years later, 2003, still no concept of the basics of anatomy or colour and light.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/xephyri/2003.jpg

And then I discovered digital art and this website. And it's what I credit my huge leap in improvement with, along with the freedom to experiment that. So here's my most recent WIP and the digital rembrandt copy which was such a revelation for me.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/xephyri/rembrandt-copysmall.jpg

http://zephyri.com/gallery/albums/Sketches/puppet10.jpg

Oh, and my sketchbook thread can be found here: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=320967&highlight=zephyri

[Intervain]

zephyri - excellent! I love the last painting btw [have to say I know that girl from somewhere :eek: I'm sure I've seen that face LOL...] Awesome idea!
what do you think is your main source of knowledge about colour and light? any tips?! :deal: - it's an area I'm really sucky at right now :)

[Rebeccak]

Zeph! I love your work and your improvement and humble attitude have always been so impressive. Thanks so much for posting here! I love to see your stuff. :)

[Zephyri]

Thank you guys, much appreciated, it still kinda surprises me when i see how far my work has come. Intervain, the girl would be yours truly, and the set of photos that I used as ref are up on deviant, so could be there you've seen it! And as for light, I'm still getting the hang of it myself to be honest, but this article made it a lot clearer for me: http://www.itchy-animation.co.uk/light.htm In fact I've read through a lot of the tutorials listed here: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=226083 and they're all helpful in one way or another. The best thing, especially given the ability you get with digital is just to practice, and to think of light as a volumous thing, like water. A lot of the discoveries i make are simply trial and error and figuring it out myself, even after reading tutorials and theories

[Intervain]

oooh must have been deviantart then :) Yum - love that painting!

thank you so much for the links - really appreciate the help!:bounce:

[aggie93]

I tried to post last night but the system was down.

Mr. Mu and Intervain - I never knew that y'all recently started too. Y'all have shown much progress. So much that I thought y'all were into digital art for years.

Zeph - Eversince you made the goddess that had the glass nose, I have been impressed with your work. I have followed your work both here and in deviant. I love your work with the color pencils as well, a favorite preference of mine. You latest with your self-portrait is great. Are you going to start supplying us with stock photos? You'd be a perfect model! :thumbsup: Oh, and by the way, great foreshadowing. I love the backdrop of the ghostly figures.

[Asatira]

Wow. All of these are very inspirational. So much improvement.

[razz]

Ok, so changed the before image again. This time into a drawing, because I have those which suck, haha. I just wanted both images to be paintings, but you needed one that sucks very hard, had to change it.

Zephyri, whoah, you've come far. Cool to see those befores and afters :bounce:

Intervain, well, ahh, you know :D Only that before is not that big of a suckie. But then again, when I look at the after ones again...in that case the before sucks :scream:

FateBringer, yay! Big difference in those two. Well, would be bad if there wasn't any :)

Mu, just great!

Rebecca, I'll repeat myself, great idea! Awesome to look around here!

[CgIcecube]

Great thread here!..
Its so much fun to see the "before" artwork of the artists i admire:eek::surprised:bowdown:

Cgsociety forum and esp. Rebecca have helped me to improve and always been a great learning resource for me:buttrock::love::bounce:

Before learning artistic anatomy:cry:
Before:
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f173/cgicecube/white_model_color_block.jpg


After learning form Becks and all the artists here in Artistic anatomy thread:love:
After:
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f173/cgicecube/150_res_DP.jpg

[SylvanMist]

These are so cool to look at! Everyone has improved so much.

I think stuff like this can really be an inspiration to yourself..it's so funny because many times, especially when you're still young and learning, you think your latest work is just great. And then a few years pass by and you're like omg..this looks like trash! It's great to be able to look back on your stuff. I know some people who throw it all away because they think it sucks..it's a shame because they won't have documented their progress.

[ha-dou-ken]

Man...there are some SERIOUS, like, WORMHOLE jumps of improvement going on here...congratulation to everyone here, really. I think this thread is sort of a testament to the importance of having a community like this for the world. It is the end result of everything that has culminated since the beginning of the anatomy section here at cgsociety. I hope this thread stays around forever.

[almostkungfu]

Though I definitely represent the absolute bottom of this community, I can at least brag of some heavy progress! :)
I discovered this place some time around April 2006, and after that I've been working hard trying to take my art to new levels. It's really just in the past few weeks I feel I've really gotten the hang on basic anatomy, and I'm looking forwards to work even more than before now. This is really beginning to get interesting, if not addicting... Yay. xD

Well, thanks everyone, for making this place such an awesome place of learning. I owe all my progress to you guys! :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/Apeloff/progresssmall2.jpg
For a more in depth look, here's an overview of my whole progress through 2006. I'm impressed of my own improvement, really. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/Apeloff/progresscopy.jpg

Give me five years, and we'll see if I can catch up with you! :thumbsup:

[Icey]

wow... this thread is awesome! Great ideea....


well... this is me in september 26 2002!:D - and trust me, this was the best of 2002! Really!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/IceyLord/craniu.jpg


and this is me now... :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/IceyLord/step8.jpg

[Mu]

almostkungfu - keep on workin, it already shows

Icey - I think I can see a tiny bit of improvement here and there...























:D



:argh:
totally awesome, man!

[YMS]

Before (October 2005)

Attempted to use Painter and Photoshop to paint my brother from a photo.

Freehand sketch in one or both of these programmes, with painting done eyeballing colours.

Never finished. :)



http://spacific.net.nz/yms/GDK_Oct2005.jpg


After (today, February 5th, 2007)

Original image from the CG 15 minute sketch reference thread.

Painted in Photoshop - no initial sketch, just painting and colouring by eye.

http://spacific.net.nz/yms/2hands_feb5th.jpg

[almostkungfu]

Woohoo, that's some real progress, YMS! :thumbsup:

[NR43]

Before (well, at the beginning):

Jee I donnow pff

http://users.telenet.be/nr43/images/cgtalk/bodyparts/heads/head_057web_resize.jpg


After:
http://users.telenet.be/nr43/images/cgtalk/workshops/OFDW20/007_values_final4_resize.jpg

And still so much to learn :D

It's great to see all of your progress summarized!!

[Mu]

wow Johan, you are shredding this thread to pieces and eating it raw...:scream:


that is some scary progress...:D

[Rebeccak]

Guys - holy. frack.

[Thomasphoenix]

Wow! Just WOW! Amazing works Dudes and Dudettes! The improvement graph is vertical!

Johan mind boggling stuff man!:scream:

Rebecca I think you deserve a big applause on behalf of all us Artistic Anatomy folk!
:applause::applause:

[Rebeccak]

Awww, thanks a lot Siju. :) Can't take the credit though. You guys kick butt. :)

[NR43]

lol thanks
the thing is I just simply worked on a daily basis... there is nothing more to it...

I agree with Siju!
you definitely deserve a slice of the cake Rebecca for keeping these rapidly growing community from falling into chaos :D

[Trunks]

Before I started my sketchbook (first post on 05-23-2006):
http://trunks.dasprids.de/tk.jpg

After (02-03-2007):
http://trunks.dasprids.de/SP/3-02-2007.jpg

[Duro]

So, this is the process of about a 9 months...I'm not satisfied, because I could draw more, but I hope, I can do more practicing in the future

...11.06.2006:

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/3708/fig01ri8.jpg

...and some of todays work

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/7711/fig03td1.jpg

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/7371/fig13qr1.jpg

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/7519/fig07wz7.jpg

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/698/fig08kg6.jpg

Thanks for watching, have a nice day

[Gord-MacDonald]

WOW!!! what great improvements by so many!!!

I admire all of you :thumbsup:

Gord

[ThePatches]

2003 or 2004
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/4124/workofartff0.jpg<--the oldest non-anime digital drawing I can find

2007
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/6676/angel6xt9.jpg

[ha-dou-ken]

Before

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n234/zaixhadouken/1170785572_l.gif





After

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n234/zaixhadouken/Angel_OFDW1_small.jpg

[Rebeccak]

ha-dou-ken and ThePatches,

Wow!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[NR43]

Lol it's really amazing actually!

[atulasiriwardane]

Pencil...
http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=184979&GSub=16668

After Inked
http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=186233&GSub=32735


Before...
http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=119989&GSub=18162

After Inked
http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=120297&GSub=32735

[MistressPaco]

Before - 2002 or so, I only started taking art seriously in about 2005 or 06. (and this is with a refrence, haha)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/mistresspaco/original/James.jpg


After

2005 - I remember when this was the best I've ever done... lol. However now looking at it I kind of want to redraw it with my new skillz.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/mistresspaco/original/Untitled_by_MistressPaco-1.jpg

2007 (my anatomy is still rather weak. I'm working on it x.x)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/mistresspaco/original/Dlin.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/mistresspaco/original/completedrisqiuesmall.jpg

[warpy]

before
http://static.flickr.com/41/121456718_72cc2554ed.jpg

after 6-7/2007
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1023/660213917_c4c5cb649c.jpg

after 8/2007
http://static.zooomr.com/images/2795464_18c1e6a376.jpg

[Mu]

ya, man! That's the stuff that's turning us on around here!

:scream:

sick improvement. Really. You're on Epo or something?

[NR43]

wow! (just wow!)

[IndigoPanda]

Before - January, 12th 2006
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d43/Okinako/Figure1.jpg

After - August, 10th 2007
http://imagehub.geekfury.com/files/18/Vacation22.jpg

[MrFungFung]

I started drawing "properly" around 5 months ago, and this was one of those pages of sketches seeing "what I can do now" before any practice. All of them are from "reference".
http://www.imagebucket.net/bucket/20362/upload4.jpg


And this is now after intense training for 5 months!:
http://www.imagebucket.net/bucket/20360/upload2.jpg

http://www.imagebucket.net/bucket/20361/upload3.jpg


I have to thank everyone on this forum, although I haven't posted anything before, I have tried taking on the challenges such as drawing 50 heads, and I have been forcing myself to draw every day after work and all of it has been worth it! I am also lucky in that I know a lot of professional artists and animators (I live with a Lead Animator!) and they all too have been too kind to me in being critical and guiding me along. You can see some of my doodlings on mrfungfung.deviantart.com/gallery (http://forums.cgsociety.org/mrfungfung.deviantart.com/gallery)

I have miles to go (before I sleep), but its all so much fun! Woo!

[NybeKat]

Hi, I'm new here! (registered today)


BEFORE January 2003
(Painter Classic)
-no references, learning animestyles
http://www.nybekat.net/gallery/2003/pc14.jpg



AFTER June 2007
(oekaki-PaintBBS)
-reference used for the pose
http://www.nybekat.net/gallery/2007/170607.jpg

[aggie93]

Wow warpy! That is amazing in just the last few months. The last one looked like a photo at first. I wish I could say the same! Here is one change:

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/8687/2006artwork097mr5.jpg

And my latest WIP:

http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/1863/cafe01001bn7.jpg

[SquirrelEmperor]

I might have skipped a couple but I'm curious to know exactly what everyones approach was. How many hours were put in and what did you do alot of first? What steps were taken? Stuff like that.

Cause good god! To see what one can do in 4 months is pretty impressive.

[Dhame]

nice work !

[BNN]

I thought I should post my progress over the 5 years of drawing too!

2002 September, this is my first drawing. Before that I was only doodling anime eye (either left or right) because I thought I couldnt draw symmetry.

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5614/attachment1274bbtl4.jpg

2003 November, joined a local forum on early 2003 and started received comments and critiques from the members. Went to outings with them as well. I believe that was the point my interest started to expand. Some seniors in the group taught me various techniques like inking and hatching.

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/452/2003to3.jpg

2004 August, looks like it was a pretty stale year for me. I was still in last year of secondary school (high school for some of you guys?) so there was a huge exam then.

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/604/attachment1bd58cdp9.jpg

2004 April, Secondary school finished, I was preparing portfolio to enter my current design school.
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/5043/2005pi0.jpg

2006 July, Started posting in CGtalk, I believe this was the 22nd head of the head challenge I did.
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/5205/head21bybnnnn21db9aax6.jpg

2007 Now, my last year of design school. Graduating in 4 months time. A lot of things happened to me this year and I pretty much disappeared from CGtalk for 1 whole year.
Back with a different attitude and mindset. Now drawing is part of my life and my way to express myself.

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/4136/t4nv7.jpg



In all, I'm pretty happy with my progress but I think I can push myself further. Right now I just want to enjoy making art and let it flow through my body.

[Waha]

Yay another Singaporean, I think I will do likewise and do a 5 year thing since it is also the same amount of time elasped since my voyage of self-study. I think this is going to be a long post... I feel this thread is not as extreme as peoples sketchbook threads as it blows my mind to see their great works

2003, started to learn drawing from websites, anime. which I still had my old pieces to show all of you

2004 june, somewhere after I did a few sketches, learneing cel shade at the same time as well

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/Sakutaro/artworkFINAL-A.gif

2005 march, I think this was for portfolio work to get into a polytechnic, of course I failed with this shoddy quality of work
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/Sakutaro/image.gif


2006
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/Sakutaro/background.jpg
got back into 3D


2007, the industrial revolution, this is where the real improvements really happened
attempts at figure drawing

jan
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/Sakutaro/girl.gif


july, this was the spark, I learnt the two most important lessons, contrapostle and confidence in your drawing
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/Sakutaro/scanupload.jpg

august
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/Sakutaro/scan1.jpg

dec-now
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/Sakutaro/scan002upload.jpg

will get the sketches for june and dec-now, the scanner is being hogged now

[anandpg]

WOWOWOWOW!!! Awesome progress, everybody!!:bounce::bounce:.. I've been watching this thread, and I guess its about time I added my little tribute to this great forum.
For me, this forum has turned my life around!!.. more than improving my skills, it has changed my attitude towards modeling and towards life itself!!.. thats what I'd say!! After about a year of associating with you people, I feel I am a different artist, and a different person!!!:scream:.. though I have lost a few kilos into the bargain!:rolleyes: Thanks, Rebecca... and all the other awesome artists here!!

Before(09-25-2006):
http://forums.cgsociety.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=102483

After(10-19-2007)
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x122/anandpg/rubens71.jpg
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/2236/mw047ft4.jpg

[Rebeccak]

Anand, you simply rock. ;) This place wouldn't be the same without you.

Thanks, your post really made my day. :)

[brainwave]

WOW! You all are really great and inspiring! You encourage me (and obviously a lot other people) to keep on drawing and practicing much. THX! :)

p.s. its a pity i dont have any pictures from the past. but hey, the journey has just started ;)

[VortexCA]

Thanks a lot guys, really Inspiring, I'll be posting me before and after the day after tomorrow!

[anandpg]

This place wouldn't be the same without you. Thanks, your post really made my day. :)

Its my pleasure! :love:hehe!!.. and I wouldnt be the same without this place!:D

[Billy_Z]

wow. everybody's works here are just.....WOW!!


Sketchbook Thread of Billy_Z (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=200&t=577049)

[mattjmit]

I know this isnt stricly anatomy, but its the only before after I have and one of the main things thats better is the improvement of anatomy.

I drew this first one as soon as my graphics tablet arrived in august 2007, I remade it in Jan 2008

http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=progressbp6.jpg

I may remake it again when I have improved a bit, I mostly like the body but would like to do the face better and use more dynamil lighting. Maybe I could do the cloth better when I am more expeienced in depicting different materials. I'll let you guys know.

http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=progressbp6.jpg

[roho]

great stuff.

I hope I'll be able to post something more related soon :D

[aggie93]

An update to my before and after:
Before Oct 10, 2006:
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8830/martianqueen009te6.jpg

After Feb 28, 2008

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/5210/sonjamardiud4.jpg

[Rebeccak]

Hey nice to see everyone posting here. :)

Aggs, I think that is some nice progress, I would like to see you push things more. I also think that if at some point you can get a copy of Photoshop, you would be able to advance at a faster rate than with Painter. Just my two cents. :)

[aggie93]

Hey nice to see everyone posting here. :)

Aggs, I think that is some nice progress, I would like to see you push things more. I also think that if at some point you can get a copy of Photoshop, you would be able to advance at a faster rate than with Painter. Just my two cents. :)

I tried the trial version of photoshop and I had a hard time with it. Here is what I did in photoshop:

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/6592/lilucopy004yt8.jpg

[agiel]

Before and after a few weeks of Figure Painting workshop with Don Seegmiller.
I should say that before that date, most of my work has been in 3D, with an increasing amount of 2D details painted in (see my portfolio for some examples). I am taking the workshop to develop my 2D skills and the 'after' image is the result so far.

I will open a Sketchbook thread shortly to document my progress - that is, if I don't get too distracted exploring the gems of this forum...

Before - March 10 2008 :


http://www.alquier.org/linfa-net/gallery/images/cgtalk/female-1.jpg


After - April 20 2008 :

http://www.alquier.org/linfa-net/gallery/images/cgtalk/male-5-03-final.jpg

[Oninoko21]

There has been some improvement over the years. Here's an old drawing I reworked once I learned a bit more about digital painting. I don't know if there's really any noted progress, but it is a snapshot from two different points in my life.

From 2002

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/ogreboy21/beautyandthebeast.jpg

From earlier this year

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/ogreboy21/ogredreams13.jpg

[Medhi]

Before (2006)
http://www.humanart.cz/art/10/10_1149113314.jpg

Now (2008)

http://www.humanart.cz/art/10/10-1217533157.jpg

[Airista]

Whoa all of these are some great improvement, I mean you can really tell with how everyone is using their lines to color choices Great work you guys ! ^^ I might give this a shot as well

[Nelka]

Weird how these are the only two old pics I could find that weren't obvious ripoffs of someone else's work. But I'm pretty sure those two involved some sort of indirect copying too, probably. Can't remember.

2003:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o289/Volchiha/aab6096e.jpg

2005:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o289/Volchiha/2145b056.jpg

Aaaand this year's best example in a similar vein to the old ones. At least I got past the DA furry and bad art phase:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o289/Volchiha/JumpWIP-1.jpg

I'm amazed at how people have progressed. I wonder what a couple of months of intensive drawing over the holidays could do for me? =D

[NR43]

I wonder what a couple of months of intensive drawing over the holidays could do for me? =D



Only one way to find out :scream:

[siiiiing]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qsk0UK6S7sg/SyoE62tRO8I/AAAAAAAAAFQ/knuU2VlB5D8/s400/%EC%B5%9C%EA%B7%BC%EC%9E%91.jpg
i worked this in April, 2009...with adobe photoshop.
this looks pretty simple but i took too long time to paint this.
maybe for one week?
i couldn't adapt myself to digital painting from traditional way.
so i decided to chage painting program. more similar to painting on real paper.


http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qsk0UK6S7sg/SyoFUFXHS4I/AAAAAAAAAFg/en255uhkda8/s400/Spring_2010_by_siiiiing.jpg
and this is what i painted with corel painter,17th this month.
of course, it took much time to be fit for painter's interface.
but i think i could approach easier than before..

there are still many thing to learn;;; anatomy,depiction,tenicity....etc
i'm sure my progress will be continued.

[killermachine]

Ok here is my progress
Before(2006)
This was the first piece i made with tablet.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c252/killermachinez/tablet-1.gif

After(2010)
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c252/killermachinez/LeyendeckerMasterStudy.jpg

[Manaia]

Wow what an inspiring forum this is. This alone has inspired me into getting back to drawing. Thank you all for sharing